Crossword-Solution: CLUTCH
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Clutch | n. | A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp. |
| Clutch | n. | The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. |
| Clutch | n. | A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure. |
| Clutch | n. | Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle. |
| Clutch | n. | The nest complement of eggs of a bird. |
| Clutch | n. | To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power. |
| Clutch | n. | To close tightly; to clinch. |
| Clutch | v. i. | To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CLUTCH | anagram | CULTCH |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CLUTCH (5)
Then, gasping for breath, did Hester Prynne clutch the fatal token, instinctively endeavouring to tear it away, so infinite was the torture inflicted by the intelligent touch of Pearl’s baby-hand.
Before he could fire again I had pulled him so far over the edge of the deck that he was forced to drop his firearm and clutch the rail with both hands.
But finally I reached a point where my fingers could just clutch the sill of the lowest window, and I was on the point of breathing a sigh of relief when the sound of voices came to me from above through the open window.
His duties all performed,—the highest prosperity attained,—his race and future generations fixed on a stable basis, and with a stately roof to shelter them for centuries to come,—what other upward step remained for this good man to take, save the final step from earth to the golden gate of heaven! The pious clergyman surely would not have uttered words like these had he in the least suspected that the Colonel had been thrust into the other world with the clutch of violence upon his throat.
Templer wrested his arm free from Alex's weakening clutch and tore off the ring, tossing it away from the Tower.
Quotes with CLUTCH (3)
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
Youth is an intoxication without wine, someone says. Life is an intoxication. The only sober man is the melancholiac, who, disenchanted, looks at life, sees it as it really is, and cuts his throat. If this be so, I want to be very drunk. The great thing is to live, to clutch at our existence and race away with it in some great and enthralling pursuit. Above all, I must beware of all ultimate questions- they are too maddeningly unanswerable- let me eschew philosophy and burn Omar.
Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 28 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).